Jason Bittel
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Jason Bittel is a longtime contributor to NRDC, as well as National Geographic, The Week, and Slate, and serves up science for picky eaters on his website, BittelMeThis.com. He lives in Pittsburgh.
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Wetlands cover just 6 percent of the planet’s land area but provide habitat for 40 percent of wildlife.
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